Still at Juan's Casa Grill, but Florentino didn't come.
There was a meeting to be held in his company in the evening, and he asked Zidane, Valdano and Butragueno to convey his greetings.
In fact, Gao Shen knew that Florentino was unwilling to meet him at this time.
It's normal. Maybe the new president of Real Madrid is holding his breath and can't eat even after coming.
The five of us didn't want to be disturbed, so we asked for an independent private room on the second floor and closed the door to eat and chat.
The topic naturally fell on the recent news. Manchester City failed to poach Tottenham's core midfielder, Croatian midfielder Luka Modric.
Gao Shen felt depressed when he mentioned this matter.
"According to the transfer market evaluation, Luka Modric's transfer evaluation price is 16.5 million euros. We started from 25 million euros and kept adding more, until it reached 4,500 euros."
One million euros, Tottenham Hotspur will not let go even if they live or die."
"When they brought in Modric in 2008, they only spent 20 million euros. Now they have doubled it, and they are still not satisfied." Gao Shen said in the end, he was helpless.
Zidane, Valdano and Butragueno looked at each other and laughed in unison.
"Only 45 million? Don't they say it's 50 million outside?"
"Shit, if we don't talk about it for 45 million, how can we talk about it for 50 million?" Gao Shen was a little angry.
Usually, this type of transfer must be voluntary between both parties. If you want to raise the price, you must give some appropriate signals. Like Tottenham Hotspur, no matter how much you offer, I will pay anyway.
If they have the same tone and insist on not selling, then there is basically no discussion, unless Manchester City encourages Modric to rebel.
But in this case, the relationship between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur will be very bad.
The reason why Real Madrid and Valencia have been in such trouble over the years is because of Mijatovic's transfer.
"Levi is really awesome!" Gao Shen praised.
Levy is the CEO of Tottenham Hotspur and the man behind the scenes.
This summer, Tottenham sold Darren Bent in exchange for 10 million euros, and introduced players such as Basson, Crouch, Kyle Walker, Norton and Kranjca. The overall strength of the team is obvious
It has picked up somewhat.
If Modric is sold at this time, although there will be gains in transfer fees, the performance will definitely be greatly affected.
Last season, Tottenham only ranked eighth in the Premier League, which was on the low side. This season, it looks like they are going to struggle for better results.
When it's time to buy or sell, Levi's skills are still very good.
"Actually, the whole of Europe now knows that Manchester City has a lot of money, so you suffer a lot when buying people. This is the same as Real Madrid." Butragueno persuaded.
Gao Shen nodded, there was actually no way around it.
If you stand in 2021 and look back, Tottenham Hotspur is definitely a demonstration template for transforming from an ordinary team to a strong team. The North London team climbed up step by step, but this process
, they spent more than ten years.
Teams like Manchester City must either imitate Tottenham Hotspur, or they can only be successful.
Just like Modric, if you have to have a high level of talent, you can definitely buy it, but it will definitely be at an astonishing price, and this will become very dangerous.
On the one hand, players are under great psychological pressure, on the other hand, problems can arise within the club's locker room.
This is the so-called moral mismatch.
Therefore, Gao Shen did not force Modric anymore, but turned to Valencia.
Bat Legion is currently under great financial pressure, and it is definitely a model of high quality and low price.
The transfer market evaluation price of David Silva is 23 million euros. Guess what price the Bat Corps gave?
Twenty-five million euros!
In star transfer transactions, this can be considered a conscientious price.
But this is related to Valencia's financial pressure, and there is no way to force it.
Gao Shen went to Valencia and met with the senior management of the Bat Corps, and called David Silva, basically finalizing the deal. This is more valuable to Gao Shen and Manchester City than poaching Modric.
More appropriate.
However, being profound is not a bad thing.
Modric couldn't find him, so he immediately turned around and signed Welsh left back Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur for 15 million euros.
This young player originally transferred to Tottenham from Southampton for 6.5 million euros, but there were many contract clauses in it. In the past two years, Tottenham has increased his transfer fee to 13 million euros.
But Gareth Bale’s performance at Tottenham is hard to describe. Since joining Tottenham in 2007, Gareth Bale has played 24 Premier League games for Tottenham in the past two seasons, eight games last season.
, sixteen games last season, 18 of them, six as a substitute.
As a result, Tottenham had nine draws and fifteen losses in these twenty-four games, without winning a single game!
In the season when he first joined, Bell performed better, scoring two goals and assisting once in eight games. However, as his playing time increased last season, his performance became even less ideal, with no goals and no assists.
Under this circumstance, the Welshman's value has basically not increased.
After failing to poach Modric, Manchester City signed Gareth Bale from Tottenham at a price slightly higher than the transfer fee that year.
This can be regarded as Gao Shen asking for some compensation from Redknapp.
As for Modric, Gao Shen has indeed been coveting it for a long time, but he also has to consider more.
After successively signing Rakitic, David Luiz, Hazard, Neuer, Suarez, David Silva, Gary Cahill and Gareth Bale, Manchester City has already made great progress in the transfer market.
The investment is close to 200 million euros.
That’s 200 million euros!
Even if Mansour and Mubarak promised Gao Shen that there would be no upper limit on the transfer budget, Gao Shen still had to weigh it carefully.
Not to mention, he has to bring in a fourth position and a left back, and he is also eyeing a player from Real Madrid.
In this way, Manchester City's investment will reach an astonishing figure.
Gao Shen's initial estimate is at least 250 million euros.
…
The topic gradually shifted from Manchester City and Tottenham to Real Madrid.
Especially after investing more than 300 million euros this summer, Real Madrid has almost created the most luxurious lineup in European football. It is also the only team in European football today that can compete with Barcelona in terms of lineup.
team.
Gao Shen is now the head coach of Manchester City. He originally did not intend to discuss too much with Real Madrid, but he couldn't stand Zidane. Valdano and Butragueno repeatedly consulted, and they seemed to have come with a mission.
Maybe Florentino wants to know.
"If you ask me, yes, but we have to negotiate the terms first. The consultation fee is that you have to agree to do me a small favor later." Gao Shen is also the master who can't afford to go early and plucks his feathers without profit.
The three of them, Zidane, had known his character for a long time and immediately agreed.
"Frankly speaking, with Real Madrid's current lineup, there is still a slight chance of competing in the league, but if they want to compete in the Champions League, I think it's not enough."
As soon as Gao Shen said these words, Zidane and the other three were obviously a little surprised.
They have doubts about Real Madrid's current lineup, but they are not as pessimistic as Gao Shen.
"Tell me carefully," Zidane said.
"I won't say more about issues such as ball distribution and playing time. You all know it in your heart. I believe that Pellegrini has the ability to deal with these obvious problems before the season, but the real problem lies in the midfielder's position."
There is a serious lack of control.”
"In the entire central axis, the problem of the central defender is not big, and the problem of the striker is not big, but the problem of the midfield is too big. Kaká is a must, Xavi Alonso is also a must, and then the remaining
Who is that person?”
"Las Diarra can provide the team with defense. He is one of the best defensive midfielders in La Liga now, but he cannot improve the control of the midfield and cannot hold the ball, including Kaká and Xavi A.
Ronso can't even hold the ball."
This is the biggest problem in Real Madrid's midfield now.
Some people may say, what does it matter if you can't hold the ball?
I'm about to hit the whirlwind, grab the ball when I don't have it, and counterattack when I get the ball. What are I afraid of?
Yes, but in this case, the whole game will be at a fast pace, which is not acceptable.
Attack, especially positional warfare, must not be a one-and-done deal. If it works, go ahead, and if it doesn't, just retreat. This is unrealistic.
In recent years, the defensive level of all teams has been greatly improved, which makes it easy for the offense to become a protracted battle. If a wave of offense does not work, first control the ball, knock it down, then organize a wave, and continue to attack.
Pressure and penetrate the opponent, and at the same time pull more horizontally to create and find more holes in the opponent's defense.
Pulling laterally requires controlling the ball.
If you can't control the ball and can't get it up, you can't talk about pulling it horizontally, you can only push it vertically.
"Those who win the midfield win the world. This saying has become a wise saying in the current European football world. And you can tell me, who does Real Madrid rely on in the midfield to control the ball?"
Why does Gao Shen say there is a chance for the league?
Because the league can abuse people.
It doesn't matter if you can't win the strong dialogue, as long as you are strong enough in the ability to abuse food, you still have a chance.
But it won’t work in cup competitions, especially in the knockout rounds of the Champions League. This simply won’t work.
In the final analysis, as Gao Shen said before in Naples, there is really a problem with Kaka's position.
If Kaká has to play, if he has to have an attacking midfielder, let alone Pellegrini or Mourinho, Gao Shen can’t do it by himself, because there are only three people in the midfield, and if one attacking midfielder is removed, the remaining
How to arrange the next two people?
Especially when Kaka does not participate in defense, how to play in the midfield?
"I have been thinking about it in the past few years, and I have gained something. I vaguely caught a line. That feeling can only be understood but cannot be expressed. In my last year in Naples, I had a strong feeling that this team
We were able to produce results, and finally we won the Triple Crown, and next, I want to try again with Manchester City."
"If I succeed, then I believe that the feeling will be clearer and stronger, and this will be my way to win in coaching!" Gao Shen said with confidence.
Zidane, Valdano and Butragueno were all surprised.
They had always felt that Gao Shen was progressing very quickly, but now, hearing Gao Shen say this, they found that they had underestimated Gao Shen's progress far beyond their expectations.
At only twenty-eight years old, he is already trying to break into someone's house?
